Improved bames-fasteneb



TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

JOHN KOCH AND DAVID SEACHRIST, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 81,650, 'dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVED EAMES-FASTENBR.

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Be it known that we, JOHN KOCH and DAVID' SEACHRIST, of Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana, and State of Ohio, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Home-Fasteners land We do hereby declare 4that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use-the same, reference being had to the' accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, v

in Whichl The' drawing represents a central longitudinal section of our invention. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

"This invention is. for the purpose of connecting the lower ends of hamcs, and for tightening the saule,

thus'dispensinghwith the usual buckle andl strap or simple string or thong, and supplying instead a simple, effective, and easily-operated device, by means of which harness-haines may be drawn upon the collarrwith the requisite degree of tightness, and fastened securely thereon.

f It consists ofva plate,lA, bent laterally-to form the lugs B, between-which latter the ratchet-rack C plays to and fro with easy contact.

The ratchet-rack is held from moving in one direction by means of a pawl, D, which is actuated to bear its toothva upon the teeth of .the rack by means of a concealed spiral spring, b, in a suitable recess in thefpawl, the said'spring enclosing the pivot d, on which the pawl vibrates. o

1 The rack is held within the lugs by means of the pawl.- The end of the `rack and thc end of thc plato A arecurvedover'or hook-shaped, as shown atE E, for the purpose of catching into the eyes on the lower ond of llames'. i v

When the hames are unfastened, the plate and rack are separated, each part of the fastening being attached to its respective part ofl the hamesbut`when the latter are to be fastened upon thc collar, the rack is inserted into the plate, and the hames drawn together, when the pawl-tooth a will catch into the teeth of the rack, and thus hold them securely fastened.

The pawl is formed with a handle-extension, e, by which the pawl Vis conveniently raised-to liberate the rack from the tooth a when the hames are to be unfastened or loosened by one or more teeth.

`I-Iavring thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The pawl D, when its tooth a is held' against the ratchet-bar C by means of the coiled spring b, which is protected from injury by lbeing concealed in aV recess in the pawl around thc pivot d, as herein shown and described..

l The above specification of our invention sig-ned by us, this'21st day of pril, 1868.

JOHN KOCH,

. I DAVID SEACHRIST. Wi tncsses JAcon BEAM), T nos. GALLEN, 

